En-Gendering the Sublime: Aesthetics and Politics in the Eighteenth Century

In this essay I expand on the analysis of the en-gendered sublime, an aesthetic concept of political consequence used in the eighteenth century. In a discussion of the initial phase of modern aesthetics I will present Immanuel Kant's opinions on the sublime's ennobling effect as having solely male connotations. This, I argue, became an important part of the construction of a new notion of citizenship on the basis of nationality and as an exclusively male domain. Furthermore, I will claim that conceptions of the “bad” sublime, as expressed by thinkers such as Edmund Burke, made up another side of this ennobling sublimity coin, which was the politically provocative defined in female terms. Aesthetics has obviously walked hand-in-hand with politics ever since Plato's Republic, and the concept of the sublime only make up a small part of this complex union—but undeniably a rather interesting one.     

跨入新世纪的祝愿

当揖别旧世纪的钟声在浩瀚的天宇中久久回荡的时候,我们迎来了新世纪的第一抹晨曦。值此辞旧迎新之际,本刊编辑部的全体同仁向广大读者、作者朋友和一切关心、爱护、支持和帮助本刊的朋友们送上我们最诚挚的祝福,祝愿朋友们在充满希冀与挑战的新世纪的第一年里,取得更大的成绩!回首甫逝的一年,令我们激动和振奋。在党的领导下,在邓小平理论和江泽民同志关于“三个代表”重要思想的指引下,我国的改革开放和社会主义现代化建设事业取得了举世瞩目的辉煌成就,综合国力得到了增强,国际地位日益提高。同时,我们也看到,在新经济和经济全球化浪潮的…     

Elsa Lanchester and Bohemian London in the Early Twentieth Century

Elsa Lanchester (1902–86) is best known today as a character actress in Hollywood, who played the title role in the Bride of Frankenstein. Less well known is her remarkable early life in Britain where she participated in the avant-garde through dance, theatre, film and other forms of performance. This article explores Lanchester's world before her marriage to the actor Charles Laughton in 1929 to investigate aspects of bohemian culture in the early twentieth century. It focuses on Lanchester's artistic nightclub, the Cave of Harmony, on the edges of London's West End. Bohemianism, modern dance and musical comedy opened up new identities and spaces for female self-exploration.     

新世纪大学英语改革刍论

新世纪大学英语教学将进行重大改革,新观念、新举措必将带来新机遇、新挑战。努力成为教学改革的探讨者、实践者和开拓者则是学校和英语教师义不容辞的责任。     

新世纪初日本工会面临的挑战及其对策

21世纪 ,日本在经济、政治和社会各方面发生的变化和存在的突出问题 ,给工会运动造成了极其严重的环境和条件 ,工会面临诸多新的课题和挑战。下功夫研究面临的问题 ,及时调整工作思路和工作重点 ,采取对策以适应各种变化的需要 ,已成为日本各级工会的共识。     

面向新世纪 迎接新挑战 切实搞好工会理论研究和教学工作

面向新世纪 ,工会理论教学和工会干部教育体制创新要以“三个代表”重要思想为指导 ,加大工会理论研究的力度 ,尤其要加强对工会基本理论以及对工会面临新问题的研究     

Industrial Relations and Labor Institutionalism: A Century of Boom and Bust

This paper describes the close intellectual kinship between the academic field of industrial relations and the labor institutionalism of the Wisconsin School, their historical evolution over the twentieth century, and the reasons for the marked decline in the academic fortunes of industrial relations in recent years.